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# General Information:
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Abraham continues talking to Yahweh.
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# Perhaps there are
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"Suppose there are"
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# Will you sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous that are there?
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Abraham was hoping that Yahweh would say, "I will not sweep it away." Alternate translation: "I think you would not sweep it away. Instead, you would spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous that are there" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# sweep it away
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"destroy it." Abraham speaks of destroying people as if it were sweeping dirt with a broom. Alternate translation: "destroy the people who live there" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous that are there?
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Abraham was hoping that God would say "I will spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people there."
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# spare the place
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"let the people live"
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# for the sake of
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"because of"
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